17. LABRICHTHYS. 115 



is said to bo numbered 197, I am unable to find it in Mr. lleeves's 

 Collection. No. ll>7.represents a species of Masiacemhelus; and none 

 of the drawings of Labrida) correspond with Sir J. Richardson's 

 description. 



5. Labrichthys gajri. 



Labrus gayi, Cuv. i^* Val. xiii. p. 1)7 ; Guichcn. in Gay, Hist. Chil. Zoo/. 

 ii. p. 299. lam. 8. fig. 1. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 25. 



? A posterior canine tooth. Cheek covered with scales. Uniform 

 reddish-brown ; vertical fins dark-coloured. 

 Island of Juan Fernandez. 



6. Labrichthys inscripta. 



, Labms inscriptus, i Richards. Vorj. Ereb. ^ Terr. Fishes, p. 1.34. pl.56. 

 Tautoga inscripta, ) figs. 1 & 2. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 25-27. L. transv. 3/9. 



A posterior canine tooth. The anterior pair of mandibulary teeth 

 long, subhorizontal. Cheek ^vith five to seven series of small scales. 

 Dark brown, with a pale mark on each scale, bearing some resem- 

 blance to the characters of the Persian alphabet. Some dark marks 

 on the cheek and prajopcrculum, one on the base of the pectoral ; the 

 membrane connecting the first three dorsal spines is blacldsh, some- 

 times with pale specks. Anal fin uniform, or with many pale specks. 



Norfolk Island ; Raoid Island. 



a. Type of the species : has been in cliloride of zinc. Norfolk Island. 



Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



b. Fourteen inches long. Raoul Isand. Voyage of H.M.S. Herald. 



7. Labrichthys laticlavius. 



Labrus laticlavius, Richards. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 99, and Trans. 

 Zuol. Soc. iii. p. 1.39, and Voy. Ereh. Sf Terr. Fishes, p. 128. pi. 56. 

 figs. 3-G. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 26. L. transv. 3/9. Vert. 9/16. 



A posterior canine tooth. Two anterior canine teeth in each of 

 the jaws. Caudal rounded. Green, with two red (blackish in spirits) 

 longitudinal bands, which are confluent on the side of the tail ; 

 another, rather indistinct and interrupted, along the lower side of 

 the tail. Dorsal and caudal fins purplish, edged with vermilion and 

 blue, and si)otted posteriorly with round blue dots. The anal has 

 along the base a narrow stripe of vermilion, then a broad one of 

 yellow, edged above and below with blue, and lastly a band of purple, 

 spotted thickly with blue and edged with the same. 



Coast of Tasmania. King George's Sound. 



a. Tasmania. Tj-pe of the species. From the Ilaslar Collection. 

 b Adult: skin. King George's Sound. Purchascdof Mr. Leadbeater. 



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